HP, Dell to SupportDVD Standard
From Reuters
U.S. computer makers Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. said they would support a DVD standard with much higher storage capacity that is being promoted by 10 electronics companies.
Dell and HP said they would support the so-called Blu-ray DVD technology, which allows for recording of as many as four hours of high-definition television on a single disc. Blu-ray is competing with another new blue laser-based DVD technology from Japan’s Toshiba Corp. and NEC Corp.
Blue lasers have a shorter wavelength than the current red lasers, which allows for a thinner light beam that can read and write smaller bits of information on a disc.
Among the firms promoting Blu-ray are Hitachi, LG Electronics, Philips Electronics, Sony Corp. and Thomson.
